Take any paper note out of your wallet and 9 out of 10 times a Police dog will hit on it.
Just 1 note that has been in contact with drugs then ends up in an ATM will put traces of that drug
on every note in the machine.Our money is covered with traces of drugs.

This persuit is criminal.

What is a PERSUIT?

The persuit of teenage stoners. Kids need parents to stop their drug abuse, not cops.

I am mortified as to how this was handled. Announced in advance? "We don't want to catch anybody?"

This is SO typical of Hudson. They want to sweep everything under the rug lest it affect home values. All 4 of my kids went through Hudson schools and drugs are RAMPANT. Especially at the High School. There is a hallway that everyone calls drug alley at the HS because kids openly traffic there.

What will it take for the administrators to open their eyes? Does a carload of kids have to drive into a tree first while stoned? The safety of the students should come first and foremost, and NOT the worry of public perception. God forbid Hudson should fall a notch or two in the Ohio Magazine rankings of schools.

Drug sweeps should be frequent, random and UNANNOUNCED. Haul a few kids away in handcuffs and make sure the media knows about it. Send a clear message that NO drugs will be tolerated, EVER in the school system. You might take a hit initially in public perception but ultimately it will pay off in spades. Man up Hudson!

What a display of ignorance by Hudson "educators", how utterly sad.

@Stieo. Is persuit the way Akron schools spell pursuit? I'm not sure what persuit is.

@pescadeus - Very well said - ever see the ostrich with it's head in the sand??? That's Hudson - You don't have a drug problem if it is not identified. Hudson in no way EVER likes their name in the news for bad things - doesn't sit well with the majority.

Yes we have a great band - but in no way do we want ANYONE to think our kids are doing drugs. Plus this may stop our young Ivy Leaguers from entering that prestige school that mom and dad want them to go to. Does a child of Hudson really need something like this on their record.

My thoughts - do the crime - do the time....

This sweep was about 17 years overdue - it took that long for the politics in the school board to ALLOW it...

Knowing our fine Lieutenant quoted in the article, I am sure he will take credit for supervising the entire operation which was most likely done from his office.

read the article again. they were told at the begining of the year there would be serches not right before the search. what a waste of time for a couple of pipes and a little weed. great use of police funds??????

@Georgeus: I know, I spell poorly. It's ok, I'm ugly too.

1800 students, and all they found was pot in 1 car??

Several possibilites:
1) Students were tipped-off
2) The sweep was pathetically inept

My guess is a little bit of both. These are the same cops that took 3 days to find a missing senior citizen at Laurel Lake, whose body was eventually found in a roadside ditch immediate outside the parking lot entrance/exit.

Well, at least Hudson's finest can back to important things like ticketing cars going 29mph in First and Main, and bs'ing with each other while parked at the skateboard park near Starbucks.

Cableguy- Exactly!!!

I think this is a great testament to the students at Hudson. One single student out of how many? And it was a minor amount of weed?

What a waste of money and resources.

But hey good job Hudson students.

Now lets pull the same stunt at North or Buchtel. Just make sure you bring a truck big enough to haul all the evidence away. You will need a tractor trailer. Two probably, one for the drugs and one for the guns.

I ain't gettin all dressed up to eat no fishass tastin' chicken

I've worked in Akron high schools when drug sniffing dogs were used for sweeps. I knew that sweeps would would occur from time-to-time, but never had any inkling about the specific day or time. Sometimes, no one was caught. At other times, something would be found, but like this Hudson sweep, it would be a person or two at most. I also know for a fact that Reality 2 electric bogalo's speculation about what would happen at Buchtel or North is wrong. Their outcomes following sweeps there were, at worst, like Hudson's. Since the facts in this case do not support your opinion, it makes me wonder why you chose to denigrate the Akron students and praise those in Hudson even though the outcomes of sweeps have been the same?

If the Hudson PD was at the high school, who was handing out speeding tickets? Wow, what a total waste of time!

Reading the posts and having recently ended a 20 year residency in Hudson I can say with certainty: Wealthy residents plus plenty of non-parented kids who have lots of time on their hands equals rampant alcohol and drug abuse. I don't believe for one second that the sweep (sounds like it was a big expensive taxpayer-funded dog and pony show joke) yielded only ONE bust. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a staged publicity stunt as a result of a recent negative against Hudson. Trust me, that's the way they roll there.

of course most high schools don't want this kind of activity publicized but if they don't announce these "random" drug sweeps some politician/lawyer parent will throw a fit and sue the school. I have many teacher friends, some at affluent schools BBHHS, some a little less, Garfield, and they all have drug issues. Sure it may be worse in the inner city districts but it is everywhere. Besides alcohol abuse is worse so do you spend the little money you have on books, teachers, or on programs designed to curb alcohol/drug use. it's a double edged sword people and there is no right answer.

I went to Garfield H.S. in Akron, graduated in 2000 and we would have sweeps 3-4 times a year. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who told me what days they were doing them. I knew not to bring my w**d or even a lighter that day. The outside clean-up on that day was amazing. You could find any number of criminal tools, drugs, etc the day of a sweep outside on the ground.

bikergirl625: You had a TEACHER warn you of the sweep?!

I find bikegirl625's comment interesting. If done according to protocol, the teacher should not have known the drug sweep was coming. In my experience, teachers never knew - I think that only the principal was aware.

Illegal business control's Amerikkka

Reality 2, get a clue. The more affluent the area, the more drugs you will find in the hands of the school kids. Better drugs, too. Top shelf pharmaceuticals.

Back when I was in high school, it was the liquor cabinets. Revere kids' parents had the BEST!

I feel you on that empowermentone1

Haha, I just came from a link where empo spewed something about Amerikkka. He's turning into the new version of Loren.

Big dilemma here: On one hand we DON'T need any more martial law tactics. At taxpayer expense. But on the other hand, responsible, involved parents are absent. When parents are made to be responsible for the kids THEY chose to have, we don't need government training 4-legged sniffers. When kids are caught, the parents need to bear the same punishment. Do we want stoned kids on the streets, behind the wheel and in our schools or do we want to "train" them to be clever like bikergirl625? Neither is a good solution. The solution lies with parental responsibility. If the lone 'bust' in Hudson's parents had to attend the soft-shelled diversion program alongside the kid, maybe things would be different?

''One part of our job is to prevent [drugs] from getting into school,'' McAleese said. ''It's a proactive approach toward prevention.''

That is WHY most schools have a school resource officer program..... the eyes and ears of the PD developing relationships INSIDE the schools - uhhh - Hudson isn't one of them... the kids are not held in that high of importance I guess. But did I mention - we have a great band!

A couple days late - better late than never I guess - good training excercise for the dogs/handlers - while confirming to state law......

A 2006 state law requires all public and private schools in Ohio to conduct at least one lockdown drill observed by the local police department by Dec. 1 of each school year

"Do we want stoned kids on the streets, behind the wheel and in our schools or do we want to "train" them to be clever like bikergirl625?"
I will take that as a compliment. I was so involved in school - Student Council VP, Rams mascot, Natl Honor Society, that my teachers didn't want me to lose my position at the school. I don't condone students for doing drugs at all, but as previously stated by many, parents need to be involved so they don't start in the first place.

@ pescadeus, I couldnt agree more !!! To much of this PC bullcr_p !!!

Pure Spec

Not another Loren-noooooo!

Bikergirl

I know a lot of honor students @ Revere that do partake the herb. IMHO, the smart kids are toking and the simpletons are drinking.

Ok first off,what does IMHO stand for?
Secondly,a few years back a friend of a friend was a janitor at Hudson H.S. and she got caught selling drugs to the kids there,while in the girls bathroom.Does anyone remember reading that in the papers????

@boogaloo: If you think the lil darlin's in Hudson aren't partaking, you are delusional. They have more money and they purchase only the finest drugs. And don't forget Western Reserve Academy up the street. The future movers and shakers there are no puritans either.

alright ...alright . Good job Hudson kids for getting lucky and not bringing all your drugs to school that day......I guess

There is that better?

Next thing you know they will ve telling me I can't have my cigars from Havana. Never gonna give those up.

I attended a private high school in Akron, and one of our teachers got fired so he/she started selling weed to students.

Peebs, I had to look that one up too.
IMHO-In My Humble Opinion

oh no, not the good young man from hudson.

they need to do Springfield!!!
about once a week!

They just did the same thing in Tallmadge about a week or so ago.

Same result - one dummy brings something to school.

I'm not particularly fond of how jack-booted the whole thing goes off, though.

Seems to be the best public way to justify a bunch of dog food budgets ...

I'm not sure why people are outraged over the notice. Announcing it creates a preventive effect, similar to when DUI checkpoints are announced.

Here's my question, can kids really not go 8 hrs w/o getting high? Leave it at home or have a secret place where you stash it. They should get extra charges for being stupid.

Regarding the issue in general, I think drug use is a personal issue... for adults. Keep it out of the schools where one parents' failures influence the kids of others. What they do at home is between them and their parents, but school is off limits.

I'm taking odds on the first person to be outraged over that simple,reasonable stance.

The most probable reason why the kid was not charged is because he was probably a top notch student belonging the the National Honor Society.
Also, why is everyone so hung up on how to spell pursuit anyway--english ain't the most phonetic language which is why we have to spend years teaching our kids to spell rather than concentrating on more important subjects.

Gee, they can catch a kid with a dime bag of weed, but can't catch tons of cocaine coming over the Mexican border. Nice publicity though, so they can keep cops employed.

if they would leaglize pot it wouldn't be an issue and our taxes would go down...pot is a 4 Billion a year industry in the good ole USA....today i toke 3-4 times a year....in 85 i sold dope to teachers.

@peebs: IMHO= In My Honest Opinion.


I've just learned that, recently.

@Bikergirl an StLeo,
Thank you both :-)

it can also be I M Humble O.....

"I am mortified as to how this was handled. Announced in advance? "We don't want to catch anybody?"This is SO typical of Hudson."
_________________________________________________--

kinda like when we announced going to Iraq to look for WMD's huh? lol

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, so is time and money, all were wasted here
(no pun intended)

proverbs 22:15--- Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:6---- Train up a child in the way he is to go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Untill we go back to basics we will never rebound in this society that we live in. We have declared God dead and have totally taken Him out of our schools. Our programs are set up to be self centered. This universe belongs to God and his only son Jesus the Christ. Then and only then we will start to recover.

Dear bikergirl625
Perhaps the weed has fried your brain. Why would you be stupid enough to admit to using drugs on a public website? You identifed yourself. Just get an old GHS yearbook. I'll make sure to look up your picture tomorrow. Guess you really didn't learn all that much in high school.

What a waste of taxpayer money in Hudson

Marijuana? And, it makes the papers? (no pun intended)

A drug sweep at Hudson and they only nab one?! WTF? Were the dogs stoned?

Back in mye day, that would have been an embarassment!

I guess the "times ARE a changin'". Those PC folks (who used to burn daily) are takin' all the fun out of growning up, but certainly keeping their kids in line!

"Must protect the children!" LMFA0!

Sad times!

:0)

Am I the only one that has noticed this Biker chick says she was an honor student, student council vice pres, team mascot graduate of Garfield with parents who evidentially didn't care but had teachers who looked out for her so she could smoke pot and with all of these credentials ended up in Barberton.Now that is purdy dang sad.

waste of money........get off my lawn

I'm surprised that they only busted one kid!

1 out of 1800 is not bad at all. Then they only found a couple pipes and grass. The Hudson cops should be very proud of themselves.

Twelve teams of 3=39 law enforcement and administration officials who wasted the better part of the day to FIND A PIPE in a car????
Somehow I just lost my sympathy for the police layoffs.
I can save everyone time and effort by driving anyone who wishes to multiple street side drug marts in the Summit County area.
Hell,they waltz right up and offer much harder drugs than good old Maryjuanna.
What a ridiculous waste of manpower.
The home invasions in Hudson must be down.

looks like hudson cops don't have enough to do. maybe it's time to cut the force down a bit. why waste time and money for a couple pipes and a dime bag?

This has got to be a publicity stunt. All THAT for one stupid bag of weed? If I were a Hudson taxpayer, I'd be furious.

The kid didn't get arrested cause the parents are probably the ones that gave it to him. Money talks and the other stuff walks. I know parents that let their kids do lots of stuff they shouldnt.

They had just had sweeps in Stow and Cuy Falls. Why did they not make it into the news?
So it's not just Hudson, Falls just had 5 kids. Stow was a little more. Think!!

@Can you think: wait, the FALLS just did this too???

Just about 2 week . Stow was first.

@Crime of the Century
2to3 Weeks ago.Just 5 kids.

this may be of interest - and a reason for the low findings - the school did everything BUT shout it from the rooftops to deter drugs from being brought to the school.... here is part of the news release sent to parents...............

"We are pleased to report the findings from our first drug-dog search at Hudson High School. This approach had been shared with students on more than one occasion throughout the school year and had been cited in a parent newsletter sent home in October..."

bikergirl---tell the truth. Higher up Admins. in Akron handle when these sweeps occur. The teachers do not know when they are happening until they are told to go on lock down. Get the facts before making Akron look worse that it already is!

@ Thin out the herd
We were not told about the lock down before it happen. Get your facts right. I do have a student in the high school. Everyone knew it was comming however they did not know when.

Kids are smart enough these days to not keep the drugs on them or in their cars at school. Pretty sure that's what the police and the school administration should take away from this exercise.

I tried to post the memo that the parents received - but the ABJ censors will not allow it ??

We're pleased to report the findings from our first drug-dog search at Hudson High School. This approach had been shared with students on more than one occasion throughout the school year and had been cited in a parent newsletter sent home in October. Our hope is to provide a significant deterrent to keep drugs out of the high school. When folks ask us what we do to address the issue of drugs in school, this tool is probably one of the most effective. Here are the details of this morning's search:

The search began around 8:30 am with a PA announcement calling for an "instructional lock-down" for the purposes of a Canine search of the hallways, selected classrooms and offices, and the parking lots. 17 Canine units quickly assembled and entered the high school via the main entrance and the auditorium entrance. (In my experience, this was the most ever—it helped move things along quickly).

In preparation, we had the high school broken down in color-coded sections with a staff member, guidance counselor or administrator assigned to each canine unit. That being said, we had less that 24 hours notice and only two administrators knew of the date/time. Lockers were the primary targets, with a random classroom or two per area selected for search (students leave the classroom and the dogs check out the room, book bags, etc.—dogs do not search people!) The clinic, main office and several other non-student areas were also checked. Remaining Canine units (about 5-6) were left outside for parking lots. In addition, the high school vocational program adjacent to the middle school was checked.

The search took about 50 minutes (inside) and there were no findings! We experienced a couple of hits but after checking the locker and its contents, found nothing. This is very positive news, given the size of the building and the number of students. We did have six cars tagged (at least two dogs hit on each) in the parking lots and found marijuana and paraphernalia in one of the cars. That student is subject to the Code of Conduct disciplinary consequences.

We are extremely pleased with the results and appreciate our students' efforts in keeping Hudson High School free of illegal drugs and paraphernalia.

Also, we used our own alcohol breathalyzers at last Saturday's Christmas Dance (courtesy of our PTO and another anonymous donor who helped cover the cost of these devices) and had no incidents of alcohol use. Our students know in advance that everyone is being checked—yet another effective deterrent to the pressures of underage drinking! That's two dances down with two to go! Thanks also to our parents for helping to reinforce these important messages about drugs and alcohol!

How long are we going to continue to ruin people's lives over weed? Our laws against pot are what's criminal.

So many lives ruined and so much money spent, clogging up our courts over weed.

It will be a long time before we are out of the Dark Ages...even though some would have you believe that we are enlightened.

Enlightened people don't put people in jail for possessing flowers.

By the way...I am not in favor of people under 18 smoking weed. It hould be legal at 18 and so should booze. You know...the same age a person is when it's legal to send him to war to get killed. If 18 year olds can die for this country they sure as heck can drink a beer or smoke a doob.

Hey folks, can anyone tell me the first commandment out of the ten?

logos: Yes.

Yea Stleo

its spelled PERSOOT

I guess you just wasnts as fortunate to go too a good
skool like otter readers on this polest weere.

But I knews what yoo meant so dont youse woory bout it

I hope awl the wrest of youse keep up the good werk

They would have the same result in Akron Schools

The druggies don't attend school

First of all, Hudson does have a school resource officer

Second of all, Hudson Police were not "bored" or in need of more things to do. They were out patrolling the streets. The officers inside the school were not from Hudson but were K9 units from other departments

Finally, Cuyahoga Falls also only had one arrest, the same as Hudson

In addition, I am sure one of the big reasons more student's weren't found to have drugs was because the dogs cant sniff pills, and a big problem these days is perscription drug abuse, Ritalin, adarol, etc. Unfortunately most of these dogs are not trained to detect those smells, and it would be difficult to utilize dogs that could identify those pills because they are legal drugs (when used appropriately, even though RX drugs are not permitted to be on the student, they are to be in the nurse's office)

Did the dogs sniff around the staff lot?

Exactly Macjec! These kids are just laughing at us. This isn't the 80s people. These kids use mommy and daddy's medicine cabinet's as their drug dealers now. Wake up.

they should legelize pot and use the tax money to fund schools....

what do the police really have to do with themselves in Hudson anyways?

Hudsonites getting careless with their usual drug habits.

Drug use does not equate with drug abuse nor does drug abuse equate with drug addiction. Legalize ALL of it and tax ALL of it.

"Oh! People might use drugs?!?!"

They already do. Sober up, grow up, accept reality, and let the users pay their fair share of the taxes that the smokers and drinkers pay.

@macjec - Hudson does not have a school resource officer - the have a Juvenile officer for the entire department and the entire city - that Officer Mike Burchard - has to bounce around the schools doing his very best to keep the kiddie's in check.


According to wikipedia - "School Resource Officer, a police officer assigned to work in the school setting investigating crimes, conducting presentations, and acting as a liaison between the police and the school"

SRO's are assigned to the schools - Bruchard is not.

The 2 parts of this story I am surprised about is that only 1 student was found with it and that pot was the only dr ug found.

Officer Burchard has an office in the HS and is the liason between the school and the PD. He investigates all youth related issues. How is that not an SRO?

an SRO reports to the school and is there all of the time - especially visible in the halls between classes.... yes - he also has a broom closet officer at Eastwoods...

To be an SRO - they are assigned to that school - exclusively...sometimes their pay is a co-op with the school - also - play an active part in deterring a go forbid Columbine event... to do so - they need to be on grounds all of the time - Officer Burchard is not..

from schoolsecurity.org


"Many SROs are law enforcement officers from local or county law enforcement agencies assigned to schools in cooperative agreements with education officials. A number of school districts also have their own school police departments. These officers are typically full-time, in-house school officers with police powers who are employed directly by the school district rather than directly by a law enforcement agency outside of the school district."

From your own definition "many are" not all. And name one area district that has a full time police officer on their staff, not a city officer assigned to the school. And would you rather Hudson assign an officer to each school? Or are you ok with one officer serving the district? Clearly you have issue with the officer having an ofice at both the HS and Eastwoods

no I have issues with this department not properly serving the needs of a growing community... Akron PD - has a strong SRO program - generally reserve officers in the schools for the entire day. The current police administration does not take a prioritized interest in ANYTHING outside of their office doors - they are re-active at best. Stow PD has an officer at the high school - usually driving the dare car there...oh - yeah - HPD got rid of the DARE program too.

There is significant research that DARE programs dont work and are a waste of time/resources/money. Unfortunately many schools dont have officers in the schools the way they should due to budget issues (the schools usually split the cost of the officer - and sadly, schools dont have the money to do this anymore). In Cuyahoga Falls for example the school district used to have 3 school officers for the district. Budget cuts forced them down to one officer to share with CFHS, Woodridge schools, Schnee, and all of the other schools in the city. ONE officer. They are back up to two this year, but that is two for the entire city including Woodridge schools, Schnee, and the private schools that may need assistance. Akron NEEDS a stronger police presence than Hudson does. I would hope they had a strong SRO program.

agree - good points !